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Some people like to use the comparison of medical indicated interventions, such as the removal of the Appendix worm process or wisdom teeth, with the often completely nonsensical, not medically indicated, hurtful [[circumcision|removal of the foreskin]]. We perceive this as unrealistic. The 'appendix operation' usually is done in a medical emergency case, and therefore is beyond any doubt to its medical indication sublime. To pull wisdom teeth is e.g. used to protect the other teeth or to eliminate pain. Moreover, this surgery is usually developed in adulthood, not in childhood where children cannot consent. In both cases, no functional body is removed, as is certainly the case with [[circumcision|foreskin amputation]].
Many affected men suffer from mental health problems, which they attribute to their [[circumcision]]. This is not to say, [[circumcision|foreskin amputation]] was the only possible reason for psychological impairments. However, it is important to us, to recognize and accept [[Psychological_issues_of_male_circumcision mental limitations and problems ]] as a result of [[MGM|genital mutilation]]. Of course it is no [[MGM|forced circumcision]] when a man decides on his own free will and in full knowledge of the possible consequences of a [[circumcision|foreskin amputation]] to have this done on his own body. The same is true when a medical indication makes a [[circumcision]] inevitable. But we could not even decide for the [[circumcision|amputation of our foreskins]], nore were there compelling medical reasons for many of us.
Some of us have the impression of a humilating precedure procedure in memory, carried out against our own will, so that we see the term 'forced circumcision' as accurate and appropriate in many cases. Our opinion is that the not medically indicated procedure in spite of [[German Circumcision Act|§ 1631d BGB]] still violates the [[Human rights|human right]] to bodily integrity and the [https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/crc.pdf UN Convention of the Rights of the Child]. The assessment that this law is not in conformity with the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/ German Basic Law ] is represented by an increasing number of criminal and constitutional lawyers.
The [[circumcision|removal of the foreskin]] of a boy creates facts that are irreversible, which should be evident for every thinking and feeling person. We refuse to trivialize things and to gloss over. Instead, we will call them by their names and clarify what they really are. The perceived devaluaton devaluation is certainly unfortunate for those affected, and of course they can also express this devaluation. However, this does not mean that other affected ones indeed feel 'forced', 'mutilated' and 'cheated'.
We keep the feeling of some people, that something was stolen from them, for legitimate and understandable. No one must take this assessment for themselves. How other men perceive the loss of their [[foreskin]], is their own affair completely.
Historically, the removal of the [[foreskin]] was very well accompanied for a long time with the intention to take away something from someone, namely the sexual sensitivity, which is without doubt comprehensible in the relevant literature dating back centuries. We also believe that those are clearly too easy there, if they hold [[FGM|genital mutilation of girls]] and boys '[[circumcision]]' for incomparable. It is commonly understood that [[FGM|circumcision of the female genitals]] always is done in its most serious form, the so-called 'pharaonic' circumcision. However, this undifferentiated approach does not meet the complexity of the issue. The [[WHO]] has classified [[FGM]] into four classes, where Type A also includes the mere scratching of the Prepuce of the [[clitoris]] or removing it. ALL forms of [[FGM|circumcision of the female genitals]], including those who are demonstrably less or at least as invasive as the removal of the highly sensitive [[penis]] [[foreskin]], are rightly outlawed worldwide and also prohibited by law in many countries.
The so-called "[[circumcision]]" of boys, however, will continue as necessary and deserving part of the free exercise of religion, as cultural tradition or because medical myths all over the world tolerate and dismiss it as harmless. We defend ourselves against this scandalous inequality, even if some apparently or actually satisfied, circumcised man is incomfortable uncomfortable with our protests. The fact that also the [[MGM|mutilation of male genitals]] may be classified into different degrees of severity, is also like being ignored. So the operational possibilities range from the completely prepuce-sparing dorsal cut to the extremely debilitating radical [[circumcision]] [[Circumcision#Low_.26_Tight|"Low&Tight"]], in which not only the important 'grooved band' and the complete inner [[foreskin]], but also the highly sensitive frenulum be removed entirely. To trivialize all the different [[Circumcision#First.2C_a_look_on_the_common_styles:|styles and circumcision species]] of as [[circumcision]] for simplicity, we consider simply naive.
[[Circumcision]]s of the genitals - except those medically strictly indicated - are neither 'natural' for boys nor for girls, why they represent bodily injuries in both cases, regardless of their (in turn always individually and therefore subjectively) perceived or defined severity.
Worldwide, tens of thousands men deal with the so-called "[[Restoration|restoring]]", which means the recovery of their [[foreskin]] by stretching the remaining penis [[skin]] for years. Alone the two most important suppliers, TLC and DTR, send approximately 6,500 units annually, according to their own disclosures; adding about 10 new customers per day. Do all these men take these years of torture on themselves, though they are all happy and satisfied with their situation? THE FACT that around 70% of the Germans refuse the regulation of the circumcision practice by [[German Circumcision Act|§ 1631d BGB]] should give pause to anyone who thinks [[circumcision]]is something quite harmless, self-evident, normal.
We welcome the [[Circumcision Debate|public discussion]] on the relevance of "[[circumcision]]" of boys who cannot consent as a completely normal and wanted thing for a democratic state, that serves to exchange experiences and knowledge, the opinion of the population and hopefully soon also that of their representatives. NORMAL and NATURAL is the not injured, healthy, intact [[penis]]. Who claims or suggests to his children something else, lies to his children and possibly themselves. Who as a [[circumcised ]] man subjectively does not feel as hurt and finds no disadvantages or limitations, may be lucky. Men who suffer from their disadvantages and limitations and speak publicly on these, should receive the empathy and understanding that they deserve.
: [[Hannes Moser]], [[Alexander Bachl|A. Bachl]], [[Victor Schiering|V. Schiering]], [[Tayfun Aksoy]], [[Önder Özgeday]], [[Mario Lichtenheldt]], [[Werner Sasse]], [[Mathias Winter]], [[Holger Fehmel]], [[Jürgen Warntin]]